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# allotment

«allotment» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an allotment, allotments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Ireland, Australia) An allotment is a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#m1)

2) (formal) An allotment is a share or amount of something given out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means the assigning of letters to planets or to signs of the zodiac. Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah gives the seven double letters to the seven planets and the twelve simple letters to the twelve constellations or months. In the primary lessons: In UK everyday life many families keep an allotment to grow food. In nature and science lessons classes may visit an allotment. In formal and maths language, an allotment is a share: «an allotment of 5 hours».

### examples

- This Hebrew version omits the allotment of the remaining six. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x1)
- Note.—This is a modern illustration of the allotment of the Seven Letters; it is not found in the ancient copies of the "Sepher Yetzirah." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x2)
- Note.—This is a modern illustration of the allotment of the Twelve Letters; it is not found in the ancient copies of the "Sepher Yetzirah." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x3)
- Grandad grows potatoes on his allotment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x4)
- We picked strawberries at the allotment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x5)
- There is a waiting list for allotments in our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x6)
- Each class got an allotment of time in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x7)
- The allotment has a little shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x8)
- Her allotment of tickets was four. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/#x9)

### note

Plural: allotments. Verb: allot. In the USA a similar plot is often called a «community garden plot».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «allotment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allotment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.